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Great ideas to explore learning in the outdoors

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April 20, 2024
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4 min

The new curriculum promises to provide time for more playful and holistic approaches to learning. The outdoor environment, whether just around the school grounds, or further afield, can provide a fantastic resource to explore this opportunity.

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Exploring Structures: Paper Bridges

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March 12, 2024
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2 min

This great, open ended activity works across a lot of ages and only requires some A4 paper, scissors, glue sticks and rulers. Older children can carry out scientific tests to find the very strongest designs.

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Tech Tips

Still searching for great pictures? Try an AI assistant!

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February 14, 2024
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2 min

A great image or photo can help get the attention of your class but finding the perfect picture can be time consuming and there is always the question of copyright to consider. Time to ask your AI assistant to help perhaps?

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Engaging students and visitors with DIY Digital Signage

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January 22, 2024
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3 min

Digital signage is an engaging way to share important school information and news with students, staff and visitors. What if there was a way to make digital signage affordable and the authoring of content a more classroom oriented project?

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Engage students with reading and creative writing using interactive stories

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June 15, 2023
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7 min

An interactive story is one where the reader can choose how they navigate through it. The reader will be presented with critical choices at various points. The key thing is the reader is very much an active participant in the story. Here are a few different ways to engage students by creating their own interactive stories.

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Speed up and augment learning using QR codes

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May 31, 2023
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4 min

QR codes, or 'Quick Response' codes, can eliminate the error prone task of typing links and can be used to augment existing resources with new, digital layers. You can also create QR codes in lessons in a couple of clicks to make it easy to share digital resources with students.

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Making the most of guided reading time

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May 23, 2023
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6 min

Guided reading is a successful feature of literacy lessons in more and more primary schools. At the core to the approach is the focus on a small group working together using the same selected text. Here are some ways to make the best use of that valuable time together.

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Independent student activities for guided reading sessions

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May 23, 2023
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3 min

Implementing teacher-led, small group work, such as guided reading, can be a challenge in a busy classroom. It can be useful to develop an array of related activities around chosen texts that other students can partake in without having to be closely monitored.

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Explore the water cycle by making a solar still

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May 5, 2023
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2 min

Making a solar still is a great summer activity to help learners understand the science of the water cycle. You can harness the power of sunlight to purify water using some easy to find items and some kitchen ingredients.

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Making a Butterfly Feeder: Four design ideas

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April 26, 2023
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2 min

Butterfly feeders are a fun way to introduce young learners to the importance of flowers and insects in Earth’s ecosystem. This video features four different, but simple, designs to suit different ages and abilities.